Bajan Sweet Bread

Name: Bajan Sweet Bread
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Barbados
Ingredients: 2 ½ cups coconut; ½ cup melted butter; 4 cups flour; 1 tbsp shortening; 1 tbsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; ¾ cup sugar; 1 cup raisins; 1 egg; 1 ¼ cups evaporated milk; 1 tsp almond essence

A Barbados snack. Ready in about 1 hour 25 minutes. Difficulty: medium.

25 minPrep (about)
1 hrCook (about)
1 hr 25 minTotal time
4Servings
MediumDifficulty

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Ingredients

How many people?

− 8 people +

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5 cups coconut
1 cup melted butter
8 cups flour
2 tbsp shortening
2 tbsp baking powder
1 ½ cups sugar
2 cups raisins
2 eggs
2 ½ cups evaporated milk
2 tsp almond essence

Spices & seasonings (1): salt

2 tsp salt

How to make it

Steps in our own plain words.

Add salt, baking powder and all the flour to a large mixing bowl.
Melt the butter in a pot.
Mix your coconut plus most of your sugar in another bowl – leave back to cover the melted butter, vanilla essence, almond essence, milk, egg, raisins and loaves later.
Mix fully until you have a creamy paste.
Add this to the bowl with salt, baking powder and the flour.
Mix until you form a stiff dough.
Split it between the baking tins.
Boil the water.
Mix two tablespoons of sugar using some hot water plus brush the top of each loaf.
Cook in the oven in your center of the oven for 1 hour.
Leave to cool in tins before serving.
Slice.
Serve with a fresh pot of tea.